First Marriage Then Love 《先婚厚爱》Chapter 50 Translation

050. Wine table


The man who came in laughing along with Xiao xiao was none other than Mo Fei.

Mo Fei catches sight of An Ran’s pale face, and a faint smile forms on his lips. This time he’s not going to let go, even if he had to force her, he will have her stay by his side.

The people in the room can see that there was something unusual between An Ran and Mo Fei. Xiao xiao laughs with a smirk, feigning surprise as she asks, “An Ran, do you and Director Mo know each other?”

An Ran’s spirit returns. She looks at Xiao xiao, but doesn’t say anything.

Ton Wen Hai examines An Ran, and then looks at Mo Fei, and asks, “Mo Fei, you two know each other?”

Taking his eyes off her, Mo Fei turns to face his father-in-law, smiles, and says, “Dad, An Ran and I were classmates, but we haven’t met in several years. Didn’t expect that we’d meet here.”

“Oh. So it’s like that.” Tong Wen Hai nods his head in understanding. Huang De Xing who was standing beside him takes in everything before him, his eyebrows slightly raised. He only smiles without a word.

Mo Fei turns back around, faces An Ran and stretches his hand out, smiling as he says, “An Ran, long time no see.”

An Ran sucks in her breath, steadying her mood as much as possible. She pulls up a fake smile, and reaches out to shake his hand. Unnaturally, she says, “Long time no see.”

Mo Fei holds her hand, and at an angle where no one could see, he caresses the back of her hand with his thumb.

An Ran, frightened, yanks her hand back, her eyes widen as she glares at him, only feeling that the man before her is such a stranger. Not even a shadow of the man six years ago can be seen.

An Ran’s action was so big, that even the Tong Wen Hai standing beside them was confused, “What’s going on?”


Mo Fei takes his hand back, looks at An Ran with a faint smile, and only says, “I’m not sure either, perhaps An Ran’s trying to avoid shaking my hand.”

Tong Wen Hai turns to look at An Ran, the expression in his eyes look like they’re inquiring whether or not it was true what Mo Fei was saying.

“That can’t be, An Ran. Director Mo is but a handsome man, even I would shake his hands, it’d be a pleasure.” Xiao xiao who was standing aside says coyly.

“Haha, that is Director Mo’s magnetism. However I reckon that both Xiao xiao and An Ran haven't had the chance yet, but Director Mo is a family man. Bureau chief Tong’s honourable daughter is the spouse of our Director Mo. The two are in deep conjugal love. A few years ago Miss Tong went to the US to pursue her studies, and Director Mo immediately went and accompanied her. As a matter of fact they just returned from the US.” Huang De Xing jokingly says.

Only, what they didn’t notice was that Mo Fei’s expression had clearly changed, and even though he was still smiling, the smile was rigid. But it did not escape An Ran’s eyes, who had been with him for 4 years.

An Ran avoids looking at him, and only says, “Let’s have a seat, we can eat and chat. I’ll let the server know we’re ready.”

“Right, right, right, everyone please take a seat and we can chat, why should we keep on standing.” Huang De Xing says in agreement.

Hearing that, the people sit down in succession, and An Ran leaves to go get the water, taking the time to catch her breath. The atmosphere in the room was so repressive.

When she managed to calm her mood down, An Ran raises her head with a smile and enters the room, willing herself as much as possible to not let her gaze fall on Mo Fei.

The liquor was on its 3rd round, and the dinner today was considered as a formal agreement for collaboration. Huang De Xing looks at Tong Wen Hai flatteringly, laughing as he asks, “I heard that the city was planning to make a science and technology town, but I’m not sure if it was true or not?”

Tong Wen Hai looks at Mo Fei, then turns to look at Huang De Xing, and only says, “The documents aren’t concrete yet, so nothing is for certain. It’s hard to say, hard to say.” Saying that, he reaches out with his chopsticks to grab a bamboo root, puts it into his mouth and slowly chews it.

“Hehe, then once there’s a proposal it’ll nearly be set. When the time comes Chief Tong shouldn’t forget to take care.” Huang De Xing laughs and pours him a cup of Maotai liquor for respect.

With one hand Tong Wen Hai stops his offering of liquor, doesn’t give him an answer, and only says, “Recently my blood pressure has been a bit high, the doctor has been repeatedly warning me to avoid alcohol as much as possible.”

Huang De Xing was surprised. The liquor he carried in his hands couldn’t be placed down, yet he also couldn’t offer it again. He shoots a glance at Mo Fei, seeming to ask what he should do.

Mo Fei looks back at him, smiles as he carries his cup of liquor, and says, “My father-in-law really can’t have alcohol, Director Huang if you don’t mind, I can drink it in my father-in-law’s place, is that okay?” Saying so, that is giving Huang De Xing only one way out.

Huang De Xing, naturally, is a smart man, acting accordingly and discerning intentions from body language, he’s been mingling with this stuff for more than 20 years, almost nearing 30 years. He was able to naturally calm down this mess into something simple, so he carries his glass and knocks his glass with Mo Fei’s, and says, “It’s a pleasure, a pleasure.”

Seated in her chair, An Ran’s thoughts wasn't in the moment at all. She can only think about how to leave as early as possible. She doesn’t know what in the world Mo Fei is trying to do, but from now on this kind of situation, she wants to avoid it as much as possible.

As An Ran was thinking up of how to leave early, her bowl was suddenly filled with a piece of fish. She raises her head in surprise, only to see Tong Wen Hai smiling and looking at her, and says, “The salmon here isn’t too bad, you should give it a try.”

This action by Tong Wen Hai shocked everyone in the room. An Ran looks at him stupefied, not really knowing how to respond.

And Xiao xiao who was sitting beside her looks on, not really understanding. Huang De Xing also has his brows raised, chuckling speechlessly. Mo Fei wrinkles his brows in response to his father-in-law’s actions, clenching on his wine cup.

“Give it a try?” Seeing that she wasn’t moving, Tong Wen Hai laughs and repeats again.

“Uh. Thank you, Chief Tong.” An Ran nods her head humbly, and takes a bite of the fish meat.

Tong Wen Hai nods, then turns to look at everyone and asks what they were laughing at, as if that scene hadn’t happened at all.

Mo Fei watches An Ran chew, his brows wrinkling even more.



After a while when all had eaten and drunk to their heart’s content, chatting for a while more, they then prepare to leave.

As they were leaving Tong Wen Hai purposely slows his steps so he could walk beside An Ran, and says, “I’m sorry about last time. I thought that that private room was free, which is why I asked to change our room. I didn’t know that you had already reserved it.”

An Ran shakes her head as she laughs, saying that it wasn’t a problem.

Tong Wen Hai studies her side profile, and couldn’t help but match it with the one in his memories. That woman had been in his mind for nearly 30 years, he didn’t think that they would still run into each other unexpectedly.

Speaking out of place, in the end he gives in to his curiosity and asks, “H-how has your mother been these days… Has her health been okay?”

An Ran pauses, turns to look at him, and asks, “Chief Tong and my mother are well acquainted?”

Tong Wen Hai forces a laugh and nods, “Hehe, it’s been a long time since we’ve seen each other.”

An Ran nods, and only says, “My mother’s very good. Her health and everything else are all good.”

“That’s good, that’s good.” Tong Wen Hai nods continuously. Knowing that she’s at peace*, he can be relieved.


*T/N: the same characters as An Ran’s name = at peace, safe, etc..



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